Glass wall



Oct. 17, 1939. P. G. MASTERS 2,176,654

GLASS WALL Filed Oct. '7, 1938 Arm/@MK Patented Oct. 17, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLASS WALL Application October 7, 1938, Serial No. 233,738

1 Claim.

A glass wall involves usually a wall structure and an opening, such as a window, and it frequently includes laterally spaced sheets of corrugated glass and bolts arranged in the space between the sheets and by which the sheets, through the intervention of batten strips, are held against the wall. Means are provided for supporting the sheets and they are in the nature of brackets secured to the wall and upon which the bottom edges of the sheets rest either directly or through the intervention of so-called setting pads.

The principal object of the present invention is to obviate defects and disadvantages existing in prior constructions of the kind referred to, and to provide against injury to the thread of the bolt, and to permit of the application of a new bolt to replace one of which the thread has been injured, or, in fact, to provide for the ready application and removal of bolts when the glass has been Set in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide for firmly connecting and supporting the bracket in respect to an element of the wall structure.

Another object of the present invention is to facilitate the erection of a glass wall in respect to the application of the bolts and to the preservation of their threads.

A further object is to oppose the entrance of water between the bracket and the face of the wall structure.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth or appearing, the invention, generally stated, consists in a bracket having an extension above its foot and opposite the wall opening and in which is provided a bolt hole for the bolt which passes between the spaced side edges of sheets of glass and secures them by means of a batten strip to the bracket; and said bracket having a flat face adapted to abut on the wall structure and exclude water.

In the following description, reference will be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which:

Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view illustrating a construction embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification, and

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view, partly in section, of the construction shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, there is a bracket provided at its lower portion with a shelf l adapted to receive the lower edges of the sheets of corrugated glass a and o. There is shown a pad h interposed between the shelf and the edges of the glass. The bracket is also provided, intermediate of its length, with a foot 2 adapted to be secured to the wall structure. As shown, the bracket is secured to an angle iron c forming part of the wall structure by a bolt d. The back of the bracket 3 opposite the shelf is provided with a generally flat face adapted to abut on the wall structure as shown on the angle c. The top 4, which projects above the foot 2, is provided with an opening through which the bolt e can pass when the glass and bracket are in assembled relation as shown on the drawing. The bolt e serves to hold the sheets of glass through the intervention of the batten strip, or strips f, up to the channel sealing strip q.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that the threaded end of the bolt e does not project into an exposed position during the assembly of the parts. In fact, the bolt e can be applied to the part 4 of the bracket even when the glass sheets and batten strips have been assembled.

Again, since the back 3 of the bracket is flat, it is well supported by the fiat face of the beam c upon which it rests. Furthermore, the entrance of water between the bracket and the face of the wall structure is opposed and prevented.

The construction of the modification illustrated in Fig. 1 is as above described except that the bracket is secured to the girder or beam c by bending its foot 2a over the edge of it.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and in matters of mere form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited in respect to such matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claim may require.

I claim:

A building construction comprising, a supporting element forming part of the wall structure of said building construction, a pair of sheets of kcorrugated glass spaced apart at their vertical edges, and a bracket forming means for attaching said sheets to said supporting element and comprising, a shelf arranged at the lower portion of said bracket and projecting laterally therefrom, means projecting laterally from said bracket in the opposite direction to said shelf and adapted for attachment to said supporting element, the back of said bracket opposite said shelf having a generally fiat face adapted to abut on said supporting element and the top of said bracket projecting above said means and provided with an opening therethrough, and a bolt-and-nut structure passing PAUL G. MASTERS. 

